A question: If you were having a heart attack, would you not go to the emergency room because you couldn't perform a heart bypass on yourself?

Mental illness is just that; an illness, like heart disease or cancer or anything else. It doesn't make you bad, it doesn't make you incompetant. It doesn't mean that you are weak or worthless. (Yes, I know you feel like you are all these things, but that doesn't make it so).

Please, talk to the helpline; they can help you feel better. Talk to your wife; she loves you, and will do anything she can to help you if you give her the chance.

I hope that you feel better soon; I know how awful it can be. But please, please don't try to do this alone.

Hugs,
DJ